Product Data (Configuration) Manager

Product Data (Configuration) Manager
At Executive Advertising, Hendersonville, TN

We are looking for an ecommerce Product Data manager for full time work and will be in charge of a small team of people to configure our Product Data and product images. At ExecutiveAdvertising.com, we sell customized products, (as in we sell products that can be decorated with artwork). The products that we sell online need advanced configuration beyond normal products that are not customized. Candidates should be organized, detail oriented, able to create and manage tasks for others, and have good communication skills with typing and working with others.

We work with over 30 other companies that supply us with these products and the information needed to configure each product. You will be in charge of a team of two other team members: 1) Product Data Configuration, mainly through excel and our website and 2) Product Image updating that is done with a web based tool that we have created. You would be responsible for assigning them new project tasks (keeping our suppliers up to date with new product launches), checking their work before it’s imported, and troubleshooting products that our customer service team may need updated quickly. We have a custom Project Task system and a Product Ticket system to keep your tasks and issues organized.

About the Product Data Assignments that you’ll be Managing:
The majority of the assignments will be given out in Excel, however we have more and more tasks that are being completed inside of our own website with custom built configuration tools. This is the type of work that we are looking for:

Naming the Decoration Locations per product: Example if we can decorate the front and back of a bag, you would need to identify each location name. You would look at the picture of the product (and description) and try to make sure that the location names make sense and are specific enough. We will provide you with plenty of examples and training for this.

Configure the Location’s Imprint Area: Each product location will have an artwork decoration imprint area, you would will be giving the width and height of the imprint area and need to add that into our data sheets in the right format such as: Front: 4”W x 5”H, Back: 4”H x 5”H. (as a simple example).

Decoration Methods Configuration: Each location can be decorated, so in addition to configuring the imprint area, you will be giving the decoration methods that are available and will need to document that formation correctly. For example say the bag available can be Screen Printed on the front and back of the bag, while you can Embroider on the Front of the bag - well you would adjust our data to the right format in excel for that to happen. You do not need to know what these decoration methods are, we will teach you that.

Categorizing Products: This is something that is still a manual process for us, but simply consists of searching through our “categories” and choosing what category best describes the product and listing that in an excel file. (copy and paste). You would be responsible for checking this data from your team.

Workflow / Assignment Management
We have built our own project management system (similar to Trello), that is used for organizing our projects and tasks. You would be assigned work inside of our system here. Some projects and tasks are easier, some are harder. The same with our supplier’s product configurations - some products are very easy to configure and others you may need help or guidance on. These Tasks will be assigned in chunks to you, and you will be able to ask questions in the comments to your team lead that is managing the project or task. Instructions will be given inside of our documentation by the use of instructional videos, screen shots, and text documentation. Each Supplier has thousands of products, and the data from each is very similar but can vary per supplier. We typically assign each product per supplier because we group similar work together as it’s faster to do all of one supplier at one time.

We are good at managing and have mastered how to provide training videos and instructions without wasting time or unnecessary back and forth with training classes for example. You will be personally trained and always be able to ask questions. We want you to become more knowledgeable and grow in our industry so that you can become more valuable.

Desired Skill Sets for this Candidate

• Efficient in Excel and copy and pasting (on their keyboards with control keys)
• You do not need to have programming experience or excel experience creating formulas, but any basic excel usage is extremely helpful.
• Spotting Irregularities in excel and data. Basically if you are someone you notice details that are missing or different when looking at data sets, that is very good for this position.
• Many of our systems are color coded, you must be able to visually identify item colors.
• Be very diligent with the data work that they do, mistakes for configuring products can cost a company a lot - so you will not last long if there are a lot of typos and/or errors. Especially simple errors. Mistakes are fine, but the same repetitive mistakes will be a problem for us.
• If you have any experience in the promotional products industry or apparel decoration industry that is a HUGE Plus!
• Have a good positive attitude! We are blessed to have a lot of talented and positive people working for us, and we want to continue that!

Our Hendersonville, TN Office
Our office is in Hendersonville, TN - next to plenty of restaurants and a park. You would be expected to work and train there for the first 3 months of starting. After that, your employee benefits will turn on and you will have the ability to work from home about 25% of the time.

Benefits (benefits start after 90 days)

• 401K (Matching)
• Very Aggressive Paid Time Off Plan
• Partial work from home program

About Executive Advertising
Executive Advertising was founded in 2006; and is one of the fastest growing distributors in the online space. We provide customized logo products and clothing to businesses, churches and schools. We are looking for energetic, hard‐working, organized individuals to help expand our art department.

Job Type: Full-time

Starting Salary: $50,000-$55,000 per year

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Paid time off

Compensation package:

• Yearly pay

Experience level:

• 1 year
• 2 years
• No experience needed
• Under 1 year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• Have you done any big data work using excel?
• Do you have any experience in the promotional products or apparel decoration industry?

Ability to Relocate:

• Hendersonville, TN 37075: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person